Many times on IRV2 I have heard folks make suggestions about spraying something on the water spigot to sanitize it before hooking up a freshwater hose. Well, today I saw a guy across the road go to the empty site next to theirs and hold his sewer hose over the spigot to wash it out!

I thought about telling him how gross that was, but he was bigger than me! Anyway, this afternoon we will be buying a spray bottle and fill it with hydrogen peroxide to spray the spigots before we hook up!

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Many times on IRV2 I have heard folks make suggestions about spraying something on the water spigot to sanitize it before hooking up a freshwater hose. Well, today I saw a guy across the road go to the empty site next to theirs and hold his sewer hose over the spigot to wash it out!

I thought about telling him how gross that was, but he was bigger than me! Anyway, this afternoon we will be buying a spray bottle and fill it with hydrogen peroxide to spray the spigots before we hook up!

All this time you thought I was pulling your leg? I tell you Joe, they walk among us And, the worst part is, they are allowed to reproduce.

Guess he thought as long as he wasn't using his own water spigot it was OK.

Daughter in law recently sent me pictures of the guy in front of them at the dump station who shoved his water hose down the sewer hose then proceeded to fill his water tank with the same hose all connected to the spigot marked not potable water. Stupid is as Stupid does.

That is truly nasty!
But you all realize that the crews that work on your city water lines are often the same crews that work on your city sewer lines. I've never seen them sanitize a backhoe bucket or a pipe wrench. LOL

That said, the chlorine in the water does a good job (if it's not a well), and so does the UV in sunlight (on the spigot).
Honestly, I'd be much more concerned about what I pick up from a doorknob at Crackerbarrel.

That is truly nasty!
But you all realize that the crews that work on your city water lines are often the same crews that work on your city sewer lines. I've never seen them sanitize a backhoe bucket or a pipe wrench. LOL

That said, the chlorine in the water does a good job (if it's not a well), and so does the UV in sunlight (on the spigot).
Honestly, I'd be much more concerned about what I pick up from a doorknob at Crackerbarrel.